Cheilosia illustrata (Harris, [1780])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly)
Species groupCheilosia illustrata group (a group of Cheilosia hoverflies)
GenusCheilosia (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeCheilosiini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly) :
1: Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Ramsons
Image 1: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - white background
2: Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Ramsons
Image 1: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Female - wings halfway apart - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Female - wings halfway together - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
3: Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly)
11 Jul 2011 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) England
visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Postero-dorsal view - enlarged
4: Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Ventral view
5: Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly)
23 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at Hogweed
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral view

Cheilosia illustrata (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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